Apparatus for treating seed-grain.



PATENTED JULY 5, 1904.

M. HALDAWAY. APPARATUS FOR TREATING SEED GRAIN.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.17. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Patented July 5, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ALFRED MARTIN HALDAWAY, OF PLEASANTGROVE, UTAH.

APPARATUS FOR TREATING SEED-GRAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,122, dated July 5,1904.

Application filed March 17, 1904.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED MARTIN HALDA- WAY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pleasantgrove, in the county of Utah and State ofUtah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forTreating Seed-Grain; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatus fortreating grain which has been affected by sweat to prepare the same forbeing sown; and the object of the invention is to produce a simple andefiicicnt machine for taking grain from a fanmill, where it is actedupon preparatory to its being deposited into a receptacle containing asubstance which will effectually kill any bacteria or detrimental germlife about the seed, thus putting it in proper condition for sowing.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of'parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, withthe letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which drawings Figure 1 is a sectional view throughmy invention, parts being shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is across-sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction ofthe arrow, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the cups on the endlesscarrier-chain.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letters, Adesignates a receptacle, which has a base A and has a concaved bottomand is divided into compartments by the perforated screen-partitions B,as shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Rising from the casing ofsaid receptacle is a conveyer. frame C, at the upper end of which isjournaled a shaft D, while a shaft E is journaled in the end walls ofthe receptacle. A sprocket- Serial No. 198,664. (No model.)

wheel E is fixed to said shaft E, and a sprocketwheel D is fixed to theshaft D, and an endless-chain carrier F passes about said sprocketwheelsand is provided with a series of cups H, which are made of screenmaterial, as shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whereby grainwhich has been scooped from the receptacle in which, the liquid materialwhich treats the grain is contained may drain out as it is being raisedby the endless carrier.

K designates the casing of a fanning-mill, having a shaft K- mountedtherein, to which is keyed a fan-wheel N, and said fan-casing is mounteddirectly overthe receptacle and has an exit directly over the centralcompartment of the receptacle and into which the grain is adapted tofall as it is acted upon by the fanning-mill. Mounted upon thesuperstructure of the frame of the fanning-mill is a shaft Q, having acrank-handle Q, and R designates a wheel keyed to said shaft Q and inmesh with the pinion-wheel R, which is fixed to the shaft T. Abalance-wheel R is also fixed to the wheel T, and a sprocket-wheel I isalso fixed to the shaft T, and a sprocket-chain J passes about thesprocket-wheel I and also about a sprocket-wheel L, rotating with theshaft D, whereby power may be communicated from the driving-shaft Q, tothe shaft D for the purpose of operating the endless conveyer.

Fixed to the side of the conveyer-frame is a hopper P, having a brace P,and a bag S is fastened to the lower end of the shank portion of thehopper and into which the grain as it is raised by the endless conveyermay be dropped preparatory to the grain being sown.

In operation it is my purpose to place bluestone or any other materialin the receptacle A and into which the grain is adapted to drop from thefanning-mill and by so doing he treated by the-preparation, which willhave a tendency to kill any bacteria or detrimental germ life whichmaybe upon the seed, and as the buckets or cups on the endless carrierdip into the grain or seed the same .will be raised from the solution,and any liquid still remain- By the provision of an apparatus embody- Iing will be allowed to drain through the cups ing the features of myinvention it will be ob served that a convenient means is provided fortreating grain adapted for seed, thus eliminating all danger of plantingwith the seed any bacteria or detrimental germ life.

While I have shown a particular construction of apparatus embodying myinvention, it will be understood that I may make changes in the detailedconstruction of the same, if desired, without in any way departing fromthe spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An apparatus for treating grain comprising a receptacle,screen-partitions extending partially across the receptacle and leavingl l l

